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A NIGHT AT THE BALLET

"They made magic

of what they had'

By SYLVIA DA COSTA-ROQUE

"Perfection does not belong to this world and few are the things which come near perfection", says the wise man - but obviously the wise man has never seen the Royal Ballet.

Rice prices up by 50 cents

Local market prices for all

grades of rice rate by 50 cents a picul while Bong- kok fob prices remained unchanged during April, reports the Director of Commerce and Industry.

A total of 30,000 metric tons

Man uses axe

on woman

A Chinese woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a man with an axe at No. 6 Luen Wo-street. first floor, at about 4 a.m. today,

The woman was ad- mitted to Kowloon! Hoz- pital.

of rice was imported into Hong 'Good idea'

Jong In April.

Ciftokes of rice during April otated 27,393 metrle tons, re presenting a weekly average of 6,848 metric tons an compared with 0,380 metric kons in the! privints manth and

eric tons in April last year. FROZEN MEAT

0.895

A 10:1 of 074 long lons of teal arrived in the Colony in April while orjakes totalled 1.183 long tons. Stocks were maintained. at a satiring- tury level.

Imports of Cua] in April noun.ed to 18,110 long (19, with offlakes totalling 15,940 long tons.

stock pozlilon was suilofactory.

worth

considering

For two nights, the 68 mem- bers of the ballet have shown the meaning of perfection to three packed houses at the Lee

Theatre.

They had no orchestra, scenery, but they made magic out of what they had two planos and black backdrops,

'MORE, MORE'

no

And last night, as they danced Les Sylphides, Dances Conver-

tantes, Don Quixote and Solitaire, they had a Hongkong audience seemingly the whole European population had turned Dut roaring for mere.

"Hope 11 be all right" sald Judy sitting in the row behind me, "no orchestra

just plano." And I was thinking the same, and finding it hard imagine Sylphides without full crchestru.

10

10

But the evinjany seemed able

feel the

the mussle our ears could grass, and from the moment p'anists Emanuel Young and Italpi

More stri

struck the churds, and the curtain

Jirst

went

Vice-Admiral William 3. up on an ethereal scene of pure white Upon binek, the absinco Marshall, USN (retired),

orchestra 4f na

Just didn't president of the Bourbon matier any more. Instituto, ΠΟΥ visiting Hongkong, expressed the view that it would be "a good Idea" for Hongkong to have a permanent trade representative's office in

Now York. The

Commercial importa of fire wood during the month totaled 1.562 tons.

Fined for not having licence

Admiral Marshall said this when paying a courtesy call en

GRACE, BEAUTY The grace, the beauty, the technique, the romance of the dancing

descrip- was beyond of the artists, that on the bare ton. And such was the control boards of

the theatre, was hardly sound.

Beryl Grey showed us why she is acclaimed as one of the

there

Mr D. C. Barty, Deputy Direc-world's greatest ballerinas. She tor. Department of Commerce was pure brilliance. A deli- and Industry this moming. cate light-as-air image in Les

Mr Barly said that Hongkong Sylphides; a glittering figure in already represented overseas. a red tutu in the Don Quixote He added, however, that what | pas-de-deux with Bryan Ash- Admiral Marshall has suggested bridge.

is worthwhile considering."

Earlier, Acinical Marshall had

paid a courtesy call on Mr Sam

P. Gilstrap officer in charge.

US Consulate General keng.

Hong-

Ashbridge is a great dancer who was really able in show of his technique In Don Quixote. HEAT TERRIFIC

But the cat behind the foot- lights must have been terrific, Admiral and Mrs Marshall for at one stage, he was throw- Chu Fak-kan, a 46-year-old will be hosts at a cocktail partying off showers of perspiration

ballroom captain, of 31 Fort-street, ground floor, was fined $200 by Mr K. A. S. Phillips at Couse. way Bay Magistracy this morning for keeping dancing school without a licance. Chu

the

admitted keeping school at 414 King's-road, first floor, without a licence yester day.

this evening at the Ambassador Hotel

Bombay bound

as he pirouetted.

a

After Sylphidas, the company presented Dances Concertantes, modern bullet with music by Igor Stravinsky. This was tremendous study in precision dancing and split-second timing. I was rather like a geometric puzzic In vivid colours. Its message was not very clear - Mr. B. S. Chainant, an Indian possibly the age of automation Anandier in the Philippines, settbut the dancing was all that fire today by Swissair

for maltered, Bombay to attend his brother's wedding.

Mr Chatment, who will remain

At the same hearing, 36-year old Tsoi Wei-hun, atenshier, was $ned $100 for assisting and abetting in the keeping of the In India for 12 days, is owner dancing school without a leence of A. Yaten Silva and Co., of

He admitted the offence, Inspector

secuted.

Manila,

R. A. Lee

pro-

He was by his wife,

een off at Kai Tak

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Then come Don Quixote and The final ballet Solitaire, or “A Kind of a Game for One"—all about a a lonely young girl and her dreams. The young girl was danced by pretty Elizabeth Anderton, who can act as well as she can dance,

And that

was it, the

most wonderful evening have ever spent in Hongkong. And for It "Thank You" must be said to Harry Odell for bringing the ballet to the Colony and "Thank You" to the ballet for agreeing to perform under rather diMcult conditions.

Now we say goodbye to The Royal Ballet, and ask them to please, please. please, come again.

A

Australian chicks for Colony

consignment of 5,000

day-old chicks arrived in Hongkong today in the weekly Qantas freightor service from Sydney, Aus- tralia, for a local farm.

The Sunnybrook Farm Lid, which is ordering the chicks, had been importing

American chicles. It now buys Australian chicks because the quality is as good and they cost less. LOCAL PRICE

The managing director of the farm sald that the price of chickens in Hongkong "ex- orbitant".

BROADHEAD & GRAVES LTD., ENGLANDtralian day-old chicks and by

bringing high quality Aus-

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RIGHT: U.S. Vice-Prosi- dent and Mrs Lyndon Johnson pictured boing greeted by the Governor, Sir Robert Black, at Kai Tak Airport.

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BELOW: Mrs E. G. Smith- Wright (left) presenting

bouquet to famed ballerina Beryl Grey dur- ing the arrival the other day of the Royal Ballet troupe.

...

Says medical

facilities

much better

Modical and hospital facili- tios in Hongkong have shown "a vast amount of Improvement", said Miss F. N. Udell, Chiof Nursing Officer, Colonial Office, Miss Udell left Hongkong by

Boeing Air-India's

after week's visit to hospitals in the Colony.

She

Miss F. N. Udell, Chief Nursing Officer, Colonial Ofce. Alown centre of picture with Dr D. J. M. MacKenzie, Director of Medical and Health Services, and Mas D. G. Schofield, Principal Matron, Medical and itealth Department.

HONGKONG MEETS

THE U.S.

London, May 17. The government said today it hoped to discuss with visiting U.S. Under- Secretary of State for porters situation "in focus" are Economic Affairs Mr In preparation for the Inter-

antional conference George W. Ball, European proposed by President Kennedy on textiles economic problems and for finting long-term the international textile to the world-wide problems of industry.

the industry.UPI,

. Lord Privy

Scol Edward mons in a written reply to a Heath told the House of Com-

query that Mr Ball is visiting primarily for an in- formal discussion with oficials of some of the current problems of international trade in ex- thes,"

Dr Landon was seen of by D. J. M. MacKenzie, Director of Medical and Health Services, and Mi B. G. Schoßfeld, Prin- elpal Matron, Medical and Health Department.

Mira Udell sald, "I was In Hongkong eight years age, and comparing with 1953 there has beer a vast amount of develop- ment in meelicul and hospital faciles In Hongkong."

Rope sales

increase

|

EXCHANGE

Mr Heath added, however, that "I hope to have an oppor- tunity for an exchange of views with him on European economic problems.”

Me Ball arrived in London late last night and discussed texilic problems this morning with Hongkong Flaancial Secretary, Mr J. J. Cowperth- waite, and Director of Com- merce and Industry, Mr H. A. Angus, a US. Embassy spoken- man said.

In the afternoon, the spokes- man added, Mr Ball and U.S.

Sales of rope increased by about representatives were in session 30 per cent over 1959, marine with the Hongkong officials and Canada sales having shown some Im-representatives from provement, although still be- and the British Government. low normal, said Mr J. L The talks here to get the Marden. Chairman of the world textile exporters and ly Hongkong Rope Manufactur- Ing Co Ltd in fils annual re- port today.

cight-

Visitors expected

Ho revealed that the company

The President of Peru, Sonor was now buliding an New

storey factory as part of the restauro Usartechen, estate investment programme. and are expful- ed to arrive et Kal Tak nt:1,60 A net prot of $3,470.34 was pm today on na Informal visit

of Ave days

future be able to reduce the cont of chickens' in Hongkong [by up to 20 per cent, he mid.

mado,

solution

POP by Coc

ABOVE: Miss L. Emory (right) with Capt and Mrs

C. L. Kolsch during a cocktail party for tho visiting travel mission From Now Orleans.

From the Files

25

AND

years

AGO-

May 1936

interesting

visitor

to the Colony yesterday was Dr Bolivar Lang Ful- coner, who is flying round the world, and reached Hongkong yesterday morn- ing from Penang by the Im- perial Airways liner Dorado. He hails from Marlin, Texas.

"I don't know whether I shall charter # plane to Manila

or

tuke the President Taft. In any case 1 shall leave Hongkong to. day and wait for the China Clipper to complete the trip, he said.

Dr Falconer commenced his trip by taking passage on the airship Hindenburg from America to Germany. As to his experience in the giant zeppelin, Falconer

Dr

was enthusiastic. "I left Dallas on May 8 for Lakehurst where I boarded the Hindenburg on May 11 for the first trip to Ger-

I many.

was one of 50 passengers KO she fully booked up, two pas- sengers to each cabin. It Was a very nico trip to comfor-

Putting out Frankfurt; moro

pictorial on Colony

A Swiss publisher said this morning that he planned to release pictorial

booklet on Hongkong and

would probably return

was

table than an

aeroplane, naturally, as one can walk about. We did the trip in 49 hours three minutes.

י

50 YEARS AGO

Extract from SCM Post 25

later this year to take years ago column. somo more photographs "Hon Mr Montague

for it.

Ede in

He is Mr Martin Hurlimann, to be congratulated upon shed- president of the Swiss Publioners ding new light on the vexed Asseiatlon and a noted Inter-question of Hongkong'e con- tribution towards the main- national photographer.

Mr Hurlimann, who left for | tenance

of the garrison. Bangkok CHICA Europe by Others have already spoken OR Swiatr today, arrived here the subject, but no one, an far two days ago from Tokyo after as we are aware, has discussed attending the Swiss Books from such a view point nar

practical Mr Hurliman said he had thorough manner as the pre- already incorporated a lot of

| sent junior member of the photographs of Hongkong taken Council,

ENİLbition there.

172 such

Q

and

in 1958 in a book "Travel in the Orient," which he published

His masterly analysis of In both German and English,

"Now I would like to relise is not only more heavily taxed Agures showed that the Colony operate books on the various in proportion to its means than cities of the Orient, including Hongkong The weather has it ought to be, but that in re- not been too good on my of the individual the burden lation to the average wealth two visits, 50 will probably return in the autuma to take is nearly four times the see more photographs," he said, Jamount it is at home.

Mr Hurlimann is also editor of the

snagazine "Allantis," Wo appreciate His Ex- published in Zurich, He was reliency difficulty in ventur here during April for a one-ing detailed reply to criti- work visit, His book on travel jeism of a subject of this no- Is on sale in Hongkong.

turo".

WHEN JACK ́ ́'ERE

WAS TORPEDOED 'E LIVED FOR OVER A WEEK ON A TIN OF SARDINES -

UNTIL ́E FELL OFF!

FOR THE INNER MAN,

IN OUTER SPACE.

Carlsberg

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